Malik

Abu Bakra Nufay ibn al-Harith al-Thaqafi (may Allah be pleased with him) was a Companion of the Prophet ﷺ who came to Islam during the Siege of Ta'if by descending from the fortress walls on a pulley mechanism to join the Muslims — which gave him the epithet Abu Bakra (father of the pulley). The Prophet ﷺ freed him upon his conversion. He settled in Basra and became one of the most important Companion authorities in that city, transmitting many narrations to the scholars there. He is particularly known for a narration in which the Prophet ﷺ addressed his Companions about avoiding fitna (civil strife), warning against taking up arms against fellow Muslims in political conflicts — a hadith Abu Bakra took so seriously that he refused to take sides during the civil war. He narrated approximately 132 hadiths. He passed away in Basra around 51–52 AH. This entry is a variant spelling of the Companion also listed as Abu Bakra.